Refrigerator ice-holder and water-escape



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U. REIFFER. REFRIGERATOR ICE HOLDER AND WATER ESGAPE. N0. 401,589. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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REFRIGERATOR ICE HOLDER AND WATER ESGAPB. N0. 401,589. PatentedApr. 16. 1889.v

Eig. ZZZ' UNITED STA'IES ULRICH REIFFER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

REFRIGERATOR ICEHOLDER AND WATER-ESCA-PE.

SPECIFIOATION forming par1: of Letters Patent N0. 401,589, dated April 16, 1889.

Applieation fi1ed J'n1y 27, 1888. Serial N0. 281,172. (N0 model.)

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Be ib known that I, ULRICH REIFFER, of Kansas City, in 1;11e eonnty of Jaekeon and btate 01: Mieeouri, have invented a eertain new and usefnl Improvement in Refrigeracor Iee-HOIdere and WVater-Eeeapee, 0'f whieh tbe following ie a fu11, e1ear, and exaet deeeripti0n, reference being had t0 the aeeompanying drawinge, forming part 0f t-hie epeeifieat-ion, and in whieh Figure I ie a t0p view illustrative 015 1ny invention. Fig. Hie an end view and ehowe ohe opening through whieh the iee ie paeeed. Fig. III is a croee-eeetion haken 0n line III III, Fig. I. Fig'. IV ehowe eide and end viewe 0f oneof 1 11e iee-earrying bare With 1.11e Waterehed at-aehed t0 ite lower eide. Fig. V ie a eimilar view t0 Fig. IV, but whieh hae a trough attached t0 ite lower eide. Fig. VI ie a longitudinal eection taken 011 Iine VI VI, Fig. I.

My invention relatee 10 a devlee for holding iee in a refrigerat-or and meane for catching and eonveying the water away ae the ice me1te; and my invention coneiete in featnree 0f novelty, hereinafter fu11y deecribed, and pointed ont in the elaime.

Referring to the drawinge, 1 repreeente the ou1zeide frame 01 caee of the b0x, am]. 2 3 are a eeriee 0f bare whieh reach from 011e eide of the b0x t0 1:he 01311er, andon Which 1zhe eakee of ice are eu pported.

4: 5 are clea1ae eecured 10 the ende 0f the b0x, and 011 Whieh ehe bare 2 3 reet. T0 eaeh of t-he bare 2 ie attaehed a trongh, 6. These bare 2 are elightly inelined,ae eh0wn in Fig. VI, and the upper ende 0f the troughs 6 fit enugly inr0 notchee 7 in the eleat 4 and the lower ende rest equarely 011 1311e c1eat 5.

T0 each of the bare 3 ie attaehed a Waterehed, 8, anal ae the bare 2 and 3 alternate the ehed on 011e Will drip into 1;he troughe 0f 1ahe othere. (See Fig. III.) The upper ende 0f the bare earrying the wa1ser-ehede ree1; 011 pointed etandarde 9,whieh in tnrn ree13 011 the c1eat 4, and the 10wer ende 01: the bare have a equare exteneion, 10, Which reete 011 the e1eat 5.

11 are meta1 etrape by which the waer-ehede and the tronghe, reepeetively, are attached o0 ohe bare.

12 ie an end trough attaehed t0 ehe elea1: 5, inc0 whieh the tronghe 6 drain, and from which he wa1zerie carried 0ff to any poinc deeired by .meane 0f a pipe, 13.

14 ie a fence placed around 011 the ineide of the box, whieh prevente the iee fron1 eommg up againet fihe eidee 0f the box, so thao wehen it me1te the' wa1ter Will be preven1ted fr01n running down the eidee 0f the box.

I elaim ae my i'nvention l. In a refrigerator, the eombinatiion of 1;he box, a eeriee of ieesupporting bare plaeed croeewiee of eaid box, troughe, one attaehed 130 and arranged under eaeh alternate bar, and wa1zer-ehede, one attaehed to and arranged under each intervening bar and projecuing 0Ver eaid troughe, eubetant1ally ae and for the purpoees Set forth.

2. In a refrigerator, 1ahe eombinatron, W1th the b0x, of a eeriee of ice-eupportmg bare plaeed within the b0x, troughe, one arranged direeb1y under eaeh alternate bar, etrape I1, attaehed so eaeh albernate bar and to ehe meide of the trongh below, and water-shede, one attaehed 130 anal arranged under eaeh intervening bar and proj eeting be1ow the edgee of eaid troughe, and a condueting-trough 11110 which 1he eaid tronghe drain, eubetant1ally ae eet forth.

3. In a refrigerator, the eombinat1on, W1th the box, of the c1eate 4 and5 in eaid b0x, the ice-eupporting bare 2, eupported upon cleat 5, troughs beneah eaid bare and ajntaehed theret0 and reeting upon cleat 4, the 1ee-eupporting bare 3, water-ehede beneath ea1d bare and auoaehed thereto, the etandarde 9, reet ing up0n 0ne 01: eaid e1eate and eupport1ng eaid bare 3 at 0ne end, and the extene1one 10, attaehed a0 eaid bare 3 and reeting 1npon the other clea13, subetantially ae eet f0r1 1.

4. In a refrigerator, 1;he eombinat1on, W1th ehe box, 0f the bare 2 3, arranged alternael y aeroee eaid box, the bare 3, having I0ng1011d1- na1 groovee, ehe troughe 6, arrangedloelow the bare 2, the etrape 11, ataohed to bare 2 and 130 the ineide 0f eaid troughe, water-ehede fitted in eaic1 longitudinal groovee and progeeoing downwardly bey0nd the edgee 0f ea1d troughe, the c1eat 4, having notehee 1r1 Wh1( h eaid troughs reet, the e1eao 5,upon wh1ch ea1d bare reetand the etandarde 9, eubetantially ae eet fort-h.

ULRICH REIFFER.

In preeence of- J AS. E. KNIGHT, THOS. B. PACKER.

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